BAFTA TV Forum: Generation Next – Saturday 9Th May 2015 in Partnership with Creative Skillset and Supported by the Galashan Trust, Procam and Academy Circle
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BAFTA TV Forum: Generation Next – Saturday 9th May 2015 In partnership with Creative Skillset and supported by The Galashan Trust, Procam and Academy Circle Over the course of the day Generation Next will cover 3 key areas: Industry and production insight – business and craft insight from creative and industry talent Skills Development – how to develop and hone your skills for life in production and broadcasting Career Development - advice from decision makers and CV experts on different areas of the industry to give you the inside track on how to build your career. Delegates will attend 6 sessions across day. 9.00 - 9.30am Arrival and registration 9.40am BAFTA Welcome: Sara Putt, Chair BAFTA Learning and Events Committee 9.45 - 10.30 Generation Next Keynote: Charlotte Moore 10.45 - 12.15pm Morning Breakout sessions 12.15 - 1.15 Lunch 1.15 - 2.45 Career Forum + Coffee Break 2.45 - 3.55 Afternoon Breakout sessions 4.00 - 4.45 How to Survive Working in Television 4.45 - 5.45 Anatomy of a TV show: Gogglebox 5.45 - 6.30 Networking drinks 9.45-10.30am Generation Next Keynote: Charlotte Moore, Controller, BBC One Princess Anne Theatre Charlotte Moore began her career in television travelling to remote corners of the world to make films about cannibals, disappearing tribes and stolen art. As a filmmaker and commissioner, she is responsible for a huge number of challenging and acclaimed docs from Living with Cancer and Stephen Fry's Secret Life of The Manic Depressive to Protecting our Children, 7/7: One Day in London, Terry Pratchett: Choosing To Die and Welcome to Lagos. BBC One is the UK’s most watched channel with 40 million viewers tuning in each week. Charlotte will talk about creativity, taking risks and the challenge of running BBC One when you ‘want viewers to look at the world from different perspectives’. She will also offer advice on how to navigate your way through the industry and provide insight on the current TV landscape, as well as her plans for making her mark in the future. Chair: Amy Raphael, Journalist and author Speaker: Charlotte Moore, Controller BBC One 10.45-12.15: Morning breakout sessions (delegates choose to attend one) The Creative Dream Team David Lean Room Every company wants one: a brilliant development team. It’s inevitable during your career in production that you’ll spend some time in development and yet it’s a tricky area in which to shine. You might be a talented member of the production team, but really not so hot on coming up with ideas and the ‘fresh, innovative’ content broadcasters so crave. Working to an actual channel brief, this session will not only deconstruct how to come up with the next hit TV show but it will then give you some top tips for pitching after, of course, you’ve had the terrifying experience of doing it yourself first. Come armed with an idea and your bravest face. Session led by Twofour’s Development team: Jonny Coller, Alex Lind and Tom O’Brien (BAFTA-winning Educating series, The Jump) Problem Solved: Production Management Uncovered Run Run Shaw Have you ever considered the host of opportunities available in production management? It’s not just about health and safety, figures and spreadsheets - PM’s can be just as creative as their editorial counterparts. This session will give you the inside track on this essential role in a production team and demonstrate it’s about communicating well, good negotiation skills and staying calm under pressure. A panel of highly experienced and resourceful Production Managers will talk you through their daily challenges, then work with you in groups to problem solve some real life production scenarios. You might just be surprised.... Chair: Donna Taberer, BBC Academy Speakers: Melody Ambrose, Production Manager (One Born Every Minute) Emma Lyons, Production Manager, ITV Studios (I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here, Red or Black) Trevor Vergara, Senior Production Manager, Keo Films (Hugh’s Fish Fight, Excluded: Kicked out of School) How to be a top researcher Princess Anne Theatre Good research skills are the backbone of TV. As part of the role, researchers develop programme ideas, are fact checkers, find contributors and locations and source archive material. A good researcher can quickly establish rapport with key members of the production team and potential contributors....and become indispensable. The panel is made up of emerging talent in this area who tell it like it is, as well as execs running a team who will offer advice on how to stand out. Chair: Laura Mansfield, Managing Director, Outline Productions (Things We Won’t Say about Race that are True, Great British Garden Revival) Speakers: Hannah Keep, Casting Producer/Assistant Producer, The Garden (24 Hours in A&E, Saved) Michelle Matherson, Talent Executive, Shiver (Come Dine with Me, For the Love of Dogs, 56 Up) Joe Smith, Assistant Producer, Blakeway (Dispatches) Neil Smith, Creative Director, Betty TV (Bear’s Wild Weekend with Stephen Fry, Country House Rescue) 12.15 – 1.15pm: Lunch Break 1.15-2.45: Career Forum David Lean Room + Foyer Bar The David Lean Room will host a number of professional development meet and greets where delegates can explore and discuss career plans and seek more information on funding and skills development opportunities, with key industry practitioners and service providers. There will also be a chance to get your hands on self-shooting kit in a workshop with camera technicians from Procam. Career Clinic This is your very own 10 minute slot to get one-on-one career advice, to discuss your CV and your career plan. You will select to meet with a TV talent manager or an exec from an indie/broadcaster across genres. Delegates to meet with one TV professional for 10 minutes, to be booked in advance: Talent Managers Katie McAfee, Talent Manager, Mentorn Media (Hotel of Mum and Dad, The Fried Chicken Shop) Caroline Carter, Talent Manager, BBC London Factual, Arts, History and Business (Imagine, The Secret Life of Books, The Plantagenets) Krishnenu Majumdar, Co-founder Me+You Productions, Executive Producer (An Idiot Abroad, The Moaning of Life, Hoff The Record) Leeanne Vinson Talent Executive, Twofour Group - Twofour, Indus, Boomerang and Oxford Scientific Films (Educating The East End, Royal Marines Commando School, The Hotel Inspector) Executive Producers Rachel Ashdown, Commissioning Editor, Entertainment, BBC (Dragon’s Den, Prized Apart) Duncan Coates, Director of Programmes, Betty TV (previously at Wall to Wall, Long Lost Family) David Flynn, Chief Creative Officer, Endemol UK (Pointless, Million Pound Drop Live, Singer Takes it All) Steph Harris, Creative Director, Popular Factual, Tuesday’s Child (Sean Conway: Running Britain) Andrew Newman, Chief Executive, Objective Productions (The Cube, Bad Robots, Reflex) Ian Russell, Head of International Programmes, ITN Productions (How Safe are our Planes, Tsunami Ten Years On) Putul Verma, Series Editor (Dragons Den, Come Dine with Me, Homes Under the Hammer) Kitty Walshe, Head of Features and Daytime, Twofour (The Hotel Inspector, The Housing Enforcers) Amelia Hann, Executive Producer (The Undateables, Ross Kemp on Gangs) Self-shooting workshop Supported by Procam Get your hands on some camera kit in our shooting workshops to either learn the basics or improve your existing filming skills. Trainers will be on hand to offer shooting tips and practical advice on how to capture the perfect shot. The format will be drop in rolling workshops delivered to different experience levels, running alongside the career clinics. To be booked in advance. Meet Hiive Hiive.co.uk is the online platform connecting individuals, businesses and educators across the creative industries. Come and see us to find out how to set up your profile and tag it with the skills you want so Hiive can recommend other like-minded folk, creative courses and jobs. We can also show you how to pull in your showreel and portfolio from YouTube, Behance and more, without the need to re-upload a thing! Meet Creative Skillet: Training and Funding Interested in training to support your career development? Want to know what training is out there and how to find out about it? Want to know what funding might be available to support your training? Want to know more about Creative Skillset? Then this is your chance to come and ask! Sarah Joyce, TV Partnership Manager will be on hand to answer all your questions. 2.45-3.55: Afternoon breakout sessions (delegates choose to attend one) Access all Areas Princess Anne Theatre Access led documentaries are all the rage, with viewers hooked to the “behind the scenes” view of airlines, hospitals, magazine houses, retailers, schools and call centers. Producers are now taking it a step further, accessing trickier territories such as a courtroom for a murder trial or dealing with bolder issues such as paedophilia. Creating these shows is about trust and building relationships, with both contributors and institutions. What’s the best approach and what are the challenges? What if a relationship breaks down during the process? How should sensitive or difficult subject matter be handled both during production and on screen? The panel will discuss their craft, what they’ve learnt and discuss the challenges facing their discipline. Chair: Lorraine Heggessey, Chair of the Grierson Trust Speakers: Nick Holt, Director, Dragonfly TV (BAFTA winner - The Murder Trial, Between Life and Death) Olivia Lichtenstein, Producer/Director (Broadmoor), BAFTA winning Director (Inside Story: Silent Twin- Without My Shadow) Dan Reed, Director, (BAFTA winner - The Paedophile Hunter, Dispatches: The Battle for Haiti, Dispatches: Terror in Mumbai) James Rogan, Director, Rogan Productions (A Very British Airline, Iceland Foods: Life in the Freezer Cabinet) How to make content for people who don’t watch TV Run Run Shaw Online video is where it’s at.